Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Rock Island Complex

Part of: Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS): Artifact Tables

This collection contains data sets related to four sites located in the Rock Island Complex at the confluence of Tonto Creek and the Salt River. Although the waters of Roosevelt Lake, a man-made reservoir, have created islands in this area, none of these sites were on islands in the prehistoric past. Most of the reporting and data describe the Bass Point platform mound site, U:8:23/177, located at Bass Point on the southernmost portion of Rock Island. One other site is also located on Bass Point; U:8:391/970 on its northern end is a single structure. Site U:8:392/862 is a broad area of petroglyphs on Bass Point, as well as to the west on the main part of Rock Island. The fourth site, U:8:400/863, has a room block and is situated on what is now a small island west of Rock Island and south of Rabbit Island.

Site Name Keywords
Bass Point Mound • AZ U:8:23(ASM) • AZ U:8:400(ASM) • AR-03-12-06-863(USFS) • AR-03-12-06-177(USFS) • AR-03-12-06-1773(USFS) • R-03-12-06-177(USFS)

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Hamlet / Village • Domestic Structures • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Non-Domestic Structures • Plaza

Culture Keywords
Hohokam • Salado

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Shell • Ground Stone • Mineral

Temporal Keywords
Hohokam Classic period • Roosevelt Phase • Gila Phase

Geographic Keywords
Tonto Basin • Gila County (County) • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • Rock Island • Theodore Roosevelt Lake • USA (Country)